Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in the ETP

None of the tuna harvested by these vessels on trips which include the dates they were observed fishing illegally in the Agreement Area is dolphin safe under U.S. law. Therefore, none of this tuna may be imported into the U.S.

OBSERVED SIGHTINGS OF ILLEGAL FISHING ACTIVITY
BY LARGE PURSE SEINE VESSELS IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC

VESSEL NAME	FLAG	RADIO CALL SIGN	DATE SIGHTED	LATITUDE	LONGITUDE
Caribe	FSM *	V6ZZ	09/18/2002	00° 22' S	146° 56' W
Mathawmarfach	FSM *	V6YM	10/16/2002 10/17/2002 10/17/2002	01° 05' S 01° 05' S 01° 08' S	140° 09' W 140° 09' W 140° 18' W
Cosmos Kim	Korea	HLLF	10/11/2002 10/12/2002 10/13/2002 10/15/2002 10/17/2002	01° 21' S 01° 17' S 01° ' S 01° 04' S 01° 02' S	143° 10' W 143° 21' W 140° ' W 140° 09' W 140° 12' W
Costa De MarFil	Korea	HLWG	10/07/2002 10/15/2002 10/16/2002 10/16/2002 10/17/2002	01° 23' N 01° 04' S 01° 07' S 01° 06' S 01° 10' S	142° 19' W 140° 09' W 140° 13' W 140° 08' W 140° 17' W
Deolinda	Korea	6NHD	10/07/2002	01° 41' N	142° 24' W
Lady Marion	Korea	6LLX	10/08/2002 10/16/2002 10/16/2002 10/17/2002	02° 46' N 01° 09' S 01° 07' S 01° 05' S	142° 45' W 140° 09' W 140° 13' W 140° 14' W
Oriental Kim	Korea	6NHC	10/08/2002	02° 47' N	142° 45' W
Sajo Columbia	Korea	PNG 600	09/18/2002	00° 33' S	147° 12' W
Sajo Olympia	Korea	PNG 603	09/20/2002 10/03/2002	00° 51' S 00° 27' N	144° 58' W 141° 55' W
Sajo Victoria	Korea	HLWJ	10/03/2002	00° 27' N	141° 55' W
Shilla Challenger	Korea	6MET	10/08/2002	02° 54' N	142° 39' W
Shilla Harvester	Korea	HLWO	10/02/2002 10/08/2002	00° 23' N 02° 57' N	139° 33' W 142° 35' W
Shilla Jupiter	Korea	PNG 741	10/01/2002 10/07/2002	00° 23' N 01° 41' N	139° 44' W 142° 24' W
Sara Crystal	Taiwan		10/07/2002	01° 41' N	142° 24' W
Fair Crystal 707	Vanuatu	YJRG5	10/07/2002	01° 23' N	142° 11' W
Fong Seong 666	Vanuatu	YJRJ6	09/29/2002	00° 12' N	140° 27' W